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 Facade of Terminal 3 of Cairo International Airport | ||
| Cairo International Airport مطار القاهرة الدولي | ||
| height | 116 m | |
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| IATA code | CAI | |
| ICAO code | HECA | |
| Terminals | 3 | |
| Number of passengers | 17.546.221 (2018) | |
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The Cairo airport (English: Cairo International Airport, Arabic:مطار القاهرة الدولي, Maṭār al-Qāhira ad-daulī) is located on the northeastern edge of the district Heliopolis the Egyptian capital Cairo.
background
getting there
| Distances | |
| Frankfurt am Main | approx. 2,900 km |
|---|---|
| Munich | approx. 2,600 km |
| Marsā ʿAlam | approx. 600 km |
| Sharm esch-Sheikh | approx. 380 km |
In the street
Park
There is sufficient parking space for cars and buses at the airport.
With the taxi
Numerous taxis are waiting in front of the airport terminals. The most convenient is to use a white or yellow taxi with a working meter. The costs are then around LE 2.50 basic price and LE 1.25 per kilometer, plus the airport tax for the taxi. Otherwise, the guideline is around LE 80-100 for a journey into the city center, Giza LE 90-120 (as of 3/2015).
Taxis and microbuses can also be booked in advance:
Taxis can also be booked in advance at most hotels.
By bus
The bus line 400 between the airport and the back of the runs rather irregularly Egyptian Museum near the Ramses Hilton Hotel. The journey takes about 90 minutes. The biggest advantage is the low price of around LE 1 (as of 2013). The bus routes 27, 111, 356 lead to Midan Ramsis and Midan Tahrir.
The hotels close to the airport offer free shuttle buses that run approximately every hour.
With the Metro
The underground line 3 will in future lead to the airport.
Evasive
The nearest airport is within a radius of approx. 400 km:
- Hurghada International, approx. 400 km
Airlines and Destinations
Terminal 2 has been closed for renovation since 2010, and its flights are now handled at Terminal 1.
Terminal 1
- Aeroflot (Moscow-Sheremetyevo)
- Aerosvit Airlines (Kiev)
- Afriqiyah Airways (Tripoli)
- Air Algérie (Algiers)
- Air France (Paris-Charles de Gaulle)
- Buraq Air (Tripoli)
- Cyprus Airways (Larnaca)
- Czech Airlines (Prague)
- Delta Air Lines (New York-JFK)
- El Al (Tel Aviv)
- Ethiopian Airlines (Addis Ababa, Khartoum)
- Iraqi Airways (Baghdad, Sulaymaniyah)
- Kabo Air (Kano)
- Kenya Airways (Khartoum, Nairobi)
- KLM (Amsterdam)
- Libyan Airlines (Benghazi, Sebha, Tripoli)
- Middle East Airlines (Beirut)
- Nasair (Asmara)
- Petroleum Air Services (domestic oil supplier)
- Royal Air Maroc (Casablanca, Riyadh -after October 25-]
- Royal Jordanian (Amman)
- Sudan Airways (Khartoum, Port Sudan)
- Syrian Arab Airlines (Aleppo, Damascus, Latakia)
- TAROM (Bucharest-Otopeni)
- Tunis Air (Tunis)
- Wataniya Airways (Kuwait)
- Yemenia (Aden, Sana'a)
Terminal 2
- Alitalia (Milan Malpensa, Rome-Fiumicino)
- British Airways (London-Heathrow)
- Emirates Airline (Dubai)
- Etihad Airways (Abu Dhabi)
- Gulf Air (Bahrain)
- Iberia Airlines (Madrid)
- Jetairfly (Brussels)
- Korean Air (Seoul-Incheon)
- Kuwait Airways (Kuwait)
- Meridiana -operated by- Eurofly (Milan-Malpensa)
- Oman Air (Muscat)
- Qatar Airways (Doha)
- Saudi Arabian Airlines (Abha, Dammam, Jeddah, Madinah, Riyadh)
- TUIfly (Berlin, Cologne / Bonn, Munich)
Terminal 3
- Aegean Airlines (Athens)
- Air Sinai (Tel Aviv)
- Austrian Airlines (Vienna)
- BMI Airline (London Heathrow)
- EgyptAir (Abu Dhabi, Abu Simbel, Abuja, Accra, Addis Ababa, Aleppo, Alexandria, Algiers, Almaty, Amman, Amsterdam, Asmara, Assiut, Aswan, Athens, Bahrain, Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Barcelona, Beijing-Capital, Beirut, Benghazi , Berlin, Brussels, Casablanca, Damascus, Dammam, Doha, Dubai, Dar es Salaam, Düsseldorf, Entebbe, Frankfurt / Main, Geneva, Guangzhou, Hurghada, Istanbul-Ataturk, Jeddah, Johannesburg, Kano, Khartoum, Kuala Lumpur-Sepang, Kuwait, Lagos, Larnaca, Lisbon, London Heathrow, Luxor, Madrid, Madinah, Milan Malpensa, Montréal-Trudeau -saisonal-, Moscow-Domodedowo, Mumbai, Munich, Muscat, Nairobi, New York-JFK, Osaka-Kansai, Paris Charles de Gaulle, Riyadh, Rome-Fiumicino, Sana'a, Sharjah, Sharm el-Sheikh , Tokyo-Narita, Tripoli, Tunis, Vienna)
- EgyptAir Express (Alexandria, Aswan, Budapest, Catania, Hurghada, Luxor, Malta, Marsa Alam, Mersa Metruh, Sharm el-Sheikh. Sharq Al Owainat)
- Lufthansa (Frankfurt -operated by PrivatAir-, Munich)
- Singapore Airlines (Dubai, Singapore)
- Swiss International Air Lines (Zurich)
- Turkish Airlines (Istanbul-Ataturk)
Terminals
| number | Gates / Halls | annotation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17/4 | opened in 1963 |
| 2 | 7 | opened in 1986 |
| 3 | 23 | opened in 2008 2 piers are provided for the A380 aircraft alone, and up to 54 aircraft can be parked at T3 |
Arrival and departure
security
mobility
Tourist Attractions
- Cairo Airport Museum. Price: USD 4, for foreign students USD 2 (as of 11/2019).
shop
accommodation
Cairo offers many accommodations. The three hotels are located in the immediate vicinity of the airport Novotel Cairo Airport, Le passage and Le Meridien Cairo Airportthat are in the district article Heliopolis are described.
Practical advice
EC card machines can be found in the airport area. Toilets are available. There is a duty-free shop in the airport concourse, which can also be used after arrival, and branches of cell phone companies.
Banks are in front of the immigration control. Visa stamps for US $ 25 can also be purchased here. Euros are also accepted and repayment is made in Egyptian pounds.
Web links
- http://www.cairo-airport.com - Official website of Cairo International Airport
